WX on IC-M601 VHF?

[IP440-Mike]

Is there a way to get the IC-M601 to receive the US WX channels? The unit was built for Europe, but you can select for US channels. The WX channels do not appear.

 

[dingbat]

I have the 604 which is the US version.

The IC-M604 has 10 pre-programmed weather channels. These are used for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (Na- tional Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.)

The transceiver can automatically detect a weather alert tone on the selected weather channel while receiving the channel, during standby on a regular channel or while scanning. (p. 44)
q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel. ? ?WX? appears when a weather channel is selected.
? ?WX ALERT? appears when the weather alert function is turned
ON. (p. 44)
w Rotate [SELECTOR] to select a channel.
? Pushing the keypad or [Y]/[Z] on the microphone also selects a channel.

 

[IP440-Mike]

The M601 does not have a CH/WX key. In the same location, the M601 has a key labeled "Dial".